Moscow Presents Images It Argues Show Ukraine Fighter Jet or Missiles May Have Been Involved

MOSCOW—Russia, in its first detailed version of events surrounding the final minutes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, dismissed accusations that pro-Moscow rebels shot down the plane, instead suggesting that a Ukrainian fighter plane or missile systems could have been involved.

The elaborate, televised Defense Ministry presentation—at odds with Western and Ukrainian accusations that Kremlin-backed insurgents shot down the plane—came as the U.S. and Russia clashed at the U.N. Security Council on Monday. There, both...